Today's News

The Anderson County Library will offer the following free computer classes in February.
All classes are subject to cancellation, and class space is limited to five students. Students will use the library’s laptops. Call the library at 839-6420 to sign up or contact Tami Elam at the library for more information.

The following Anderson County students were named to the 2012 fall semester dean’s list at Bluegrass Community and Technical College, the school reported.
Students need a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in courses numbered 100 or above to qualify.

The following people were indicted Dec. 18 by the Anderson County Grand Jury.

Shanta Bixler, 30, 505 East Woodford St., Lawrenceburg, was indicted for trafficking cocaine and other charges from an incident last Oct. 24.
Bixler was also arraigned on a felony count of tampering with physical evidence, second-degree disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.
Bixler was charged by officer Josh Satterly of the Lawrenceburg Police Department.

Library board director Pam Mullins said she budgets “conservatively,” not wanting to anticipate too much in income, or too little in expenses for the Anderson Public Library.
And since the library board of trustees approved her final $3.336 million budget in May of 2012, there have been a few changes for both projected revenue and expenses.
The board voted unanimously in its Jan. 15 meeting to amend the library’s budget from $3.336 to $3.442 million for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.

I tell people I never make new year resolutions.
I lie.
Which is, funny enough, the first rule of forming resolutions.
My flimsy covenants should not be considered resolutions.
They’re promises taped together only by mental commitment. Resolutions upheld by the most fragile glue imaginable.
Maybe, to pin some permanence on resolutions, I’ll eventually learn to write them down. Trap them on paper where they can’t be lost.

I just watched a sunrise give way to waves of clouds in the west. When I say waves, I truly mean it, like a child’s drawing.
The sky was layered from the ground up, starting with a band of light blue, which flowed into the dark and topped with white cap waves. The wind had it moving like the tide coming in on an ocean. Just another beautiful portrait by Mother Nature.

How old do you want to be? When children or teens are asked that question, they usually want to be older than they are, maybe 12, 16, 18 or 21.
The answer varies depending on their current age. But how old do you want to be?
I’m planning on a healthy 100. It’s in my genes. I come from strong German ancestors who lived a long time: 104, 102 and 99 + 11 months. My aunt almost made it to 100.

Column as I see ’em …
There are two reasons Troy Young will be the sheriff of Anderson County for as long as he chooses to continue serving: temperament and common sense.
Sheriffs across the United States, including one in Kentucky, have made national headlines over the past several weeks as the country and its politicians wrestle over proposed gun control legislation.
From those sheriffs Americans have heard plenty of 2nd Amendment bravado about how they would refuse to enforce any gun laws they considered breaches of the Constitution.

Joshua Huff, 6, slashed the air in his living room with his cutlass, a child-size, plastic toy sword.
That’s the best thing about pirates, Joshua said, their swords.
Now the Robert B. Turner first grader has a backyard pirate ship playground to match, courtesy of the non-profit Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Joshua had been battling leukemia, a cancer that attacks the blood cells, since he was about 3, according to his mother Tammy Huff.